Hercinothrips dimidiatus(HERCDI)
Distribution details in Portugal
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2014: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2012
First recorded in: 2012
EPPO Reporting Service (2015/025) : first found in October 2014 on Aloe arborescens in the in the municipalities of Lisbon, Oeiras and Cascais.
EPPO Reporting Service (2016/056) : first damage was observed in 2012 on Aloe arborescens in the gardens of a laboratory (Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil) in Lisbon. The pest was then found in other localities around Lisbon (e.g. municipalities of Lisbon, Oeiras, Cascais, and Sintra), causing damage to A. arborescens plants.
EPPO Reporting Service (2016/056) : first damage was observed in 2012 on Aloe arborescens in the gardens of a laboratory (Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil) in Lisbon. The pest was then found in other localities around Lisbon (e.g. municipalities of Lisbon, Oeiras, Cascais, and Sintra), causing damage to A. arborescens plants.
* NPPO of Portugal (2014-11).
* Mateus C, Franco JC, Caetano MF, da Silva EB, Ramos AP, Figueiredo E, Mound L (2015) Hercinothrips dimidiatus Hood (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) a new pest of Aloe arborescens Miller in Europe. Phytoparasitica 43(5), 689-692.
* Mateus C, Franco JC, Caetano MF, da Silva EB, Ramos AP, Figueiredo E, Mound L (2015) Hercinothrips dimidiatus Hood (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) a new pest of Aloe arborescens Miller in Europe. Phytoparasitica 43(5), 689-692.